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Congress announces candidates for Tarun Gogoi’s constituency Titabor & 2 other Assam seats

Congress' candidate for Titabor, which goes to the polls in the first phase on 27 March, is Bhaskarjyoti Barua. The party also issued candidates for Dhakuakhana and Naoboicha.

Ramesh Jarkiholi isn’t first. Karnataka’s politicians have habit of landing in sex scandals

Over a dozen of Karnataka’s politicians, cutting across party lines, have been embroiled in some form of a sex scandal in the last two decades.  

Was Kerala gold scam accused working in CM office, Amit Shah hits back at Pinarayi Vijayan

Speaking at a rally in Kerala, Amit Shah retorted to Vijayan's allegations that probe agencies were being used for carrying out a campaign for the BJP and Congress in Kerala.

‘Hand-picked by RSS chief’, Mithun Chakraborty expected to play ‘big role’ in Bengal BJP

Mithun Chakraborty’s induction into BJP comes as party looks to challenge Trinamool Congress in 2021 assembly elections, with sights set on forming first-ever govt in Bengal.

Social activist to withdraw sexual harassment complaint against Karnataka’s Ramesh Jarkiholi

Dinesh Kallahalli said he was hurt by allegations of a Rs 5 crore deal. However, the activist's lawyer said there were some technical problems due to which the decision was taken.

Amit Shah launches party campaign, exudes confidence of coalition government in Tamil Nadu

AIADMK and the BJP in Tamil Nadu have clinched a seat-sharing deal, with the former, allocating 20 Assembly seats for its saffron ally and the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha seat.

‘Tasteless comment’ — Omar Abdullah hits out at BJP’s Suvendhu Adhikari over his Kashmir remarks

Adhikari, who is contesting from Nandigram on bjp ticket in the upcoming Bengal assembly elections, had said that the state would become like Kashmir if the TMC returned to power.

DMK allocates 25 Tamil Nadu Assembly seats, Kanyakumari LS seat to ally Congress

Tamil Nadu Congress in-charge Dinesh Gundu Rao said the agreement was signed in 'a spirit of cooperation' when the country was facing a 'threat' from the BJP.

How BJP has reduced AGP, leading party of Assamese aspiration, into a crumbling hanger-on

As part of the seat-sharing deal with the BJP, the AGP has given away Mahanta’s Barhampur constituency. He is now reviving his old outfit, AGP (Progressive).

Congress announces first list of 13 candidates for West Bengal assembly elections

The Congress is set to contest 92 seats in the 294 member assembly. Out of 13 Congress contestants whose names were announced, 7 are fresh faces.

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University townships — India’s chance to build its own version of what America got right

India’s university towns initiative is an opportunity to do something we have never managed at scale: build knowledge ecosystems rather than knowledge silos.

FTA partners drive India’s trade surge as reliance on non-FTA countries dips, says NITI Aayog report

Share of trade with FTA partners rose from 4.6% in 2006 to 28.8% in 2024. India is currently negotiating or advancing agreements with US, Israel, GCC, Canada & Mexico.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.